Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:28:38 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Documentation Message-ID: <201710291628.v9TGScNx020836@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> of "Sun, 29 Oct 2017 11:37:55 -0400." <f5415cb5-939c-70d2-907e-37293f93bdd5@freebsd.org>
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In message <f5415cb5-939c-70d2-907e-37293f93bdd5@freebsd.org>, Allan Jude write s: > This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) > --aGGixulc9uAFLFA2k9VWxk7NcN6fQBdFP > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="T6pjExsFmnQlcvXFRkfkRKJem0LXImVKi"; > protected-headers="v1" > From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <f5415cb5-939c-70d2-907e-37293f93bdd5@freebsd.org> > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Documentation > References: <CALM2mEmS4hX+crw0MOkvPegcJ5_pqth6MduL8Q0O=SiN6ZkU5Q@mail.gmail.c > om> > <20171029150039.GL34891@home.opsec.eu> > In-Reply-To: <20171029150039.GL34891@home.opsec.eu> > > --T6pjExsFmnQlcvXFRkfkRKJem0LXImVKi > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Language: en-US > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On 2017-10-29 11:00, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > > Hi! > >=20 > >> How can we suggest edits for the docs? > >=20 > > Checkout the docs repo: > >=20 > > svn checkout https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/ . > >=20 > > Change the relevant files, create a new problem report on > >=20 > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/ > >=20 > > and attach the svn diff to that problem report. > >=20 > > Since the document in question is a man page, it actually lives in the > src tree. > > svn checkout https://svn.freebsd.org/base/head/ . > > cd usr.sbin/jail > > vi jail.8 > > svn diff > jail_manpage.patch > > And then attach that patch to a bugzilla, or upload it to > reviews.freebsd.org Yes, and that's the first step to becoming a committer. I recall sending multiple patches because I didn't want to patch brand new FreeBSD systems after installing the ISO (they were plastic discs then). (We used FreeBSD for infrastructure servers at $JOB at the time.) Then one day there was an email from nectar@ in my inbox offering the keys to the farm. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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